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doc03

(38,930 posts)
4. I fear in ten years the word will not be "almost". We are one election
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 05:48 PM
Dec 2020

from a dictatorship now IMO. That will be determined in 2024.

sandensea

(23,186 posts)
5. +1
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 06:22 PM
Dec 2020

They got so close to a Mussolini-style regime they could taste it.

They'll never give up on that - not so long as 50%+ of Big Business executives continue to push for it.

uponit7771

(93,504 posts)
8. +1, Trump didn't account for the mass amount of people bypassing USPS with mail in and using ...
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 06:42 PM
Dec 2020

... ballot drop boxes (IE California's fake drop boxes) so much this election and it blew up their cheat figures.

I'll put money on it this is what happened and one of the reasons the rest of the kGOP is going in with him on the stupid election was stolen crap.

Can you imagine if Truimps IQ was just 10 points higher to like 55 or something?

We'd be screwed no doubt

Harker

(17,552 posts)
9. +33. We're lucky he's too stupid, lazy, and abrasive.
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 06:51 PM
Dec 2020

And he brought it to the brink. The next one might succeed.

Lonestarblue

(13,340 posts)
10. I keep thinking what would have happened if someone like Tom Cotton has been president.
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 06:56 PM
Dec 2020

Mr. Soulless Cotton, far smarter than Trump, would have ensured that fascism won. Cotton is a nightmare in waiting.

Harker

(17,552 posts)
13. Scary.
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 07:14 PM
Dec 2020

And he's likely to be viable for several decades.

There's a copy of "Seven Days in May" on my nightstand for good reason.

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